Michael Sanchez's photos of what appears to be a rare blue rock thrush recently has made him the envy of the birding world. ...

Michael Sanchez had traveled from Vancouver, Washington to northwest Oregon last week to take photographs of waterfalls – not birds. An amateur photographer, Sanchez, 41, figured the scenic ...

Amateur photographer Michael Sanchez captured photos of the blue-and-chestnut bird on a beach—but he didn’t realize just how special the “mind-bending” encounter was, until later Sarah ...

Michael Sanchez took photos of a bird at Hug Point that may be first official images in North America of the rare blue ...

Credit Michael Sanchez – fair use. Owing to personal interest, GNN is partial to stories of rare bird sightings, and news ...

They were featured on ABC’s "World News Tonight" with a feel-good story about a rare-bird sighting on the Oregon Coast! Michael Sanchez, Band director at Camas Skyridge Middle School and the man ...

The blue rock thrush, spotted near Cannon Beach in late April, is believed to be first sighting ever in North America.